Basuki survives nightmare to upset Dutch seed<\/p>\n
PARIS (AFP): Yayuk Basuki of Indonesia upset big-serving
\nseventh seed Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at the 480,000-dollar WTA
\nParis Open yesterday in a gruelling three-set marathon and then
\nadmitted that playing the 6ft 2in (1m 88) Dutch player was "a
\nnightmare".<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Basuki, who stands 5ft 4in (1m 64), had to
\nstand up to a barrage of aces from the powerful Schultz-McCarthy
\nin the two-hour marathon and recover from a sticky patch in the
\nsecond set before scoring a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory.<\/p>\n
Schultz-McCarthy, who beat the Indonesian player in straight
\nsets in their only other meeting at Wimbledon in 1995, did what
\nshe could to help by hitting a series of double-faults on
\nimportant points.<\/p>\n
"It's almost a nightmare for me to play her. She is so strong
\nand one of the hardest players for me to beat," said a delighted
\nBasuki after her victory.<\/p>\n
"This is my best win in 1997 so far and I am feeling great."<\/p>\n
Basuki, ranked 27th but no stranger to notching up surprises -
\nshe beat France's Australian Open finalist Mary Pierce in Sydney
\nlast month - now plays last year's finalist Iva Majoli of Croatia
\nin the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
Top-seed Martina Hingis took half a dozen games to come to
\nterms with the surface of the Coubertin center court and then
\nshowed what a difference a year can make as she sprinted past
\n"jinxed" player Silvia Farina of Italy at the Open on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old world number-two, unbeaten so far this year
\nand recent winner of the Australian Open, scored a 6-3, 6-4
\nvictory over Farina to avenge a defeat which has rankled for the
\nlast twelve months.<\/p>\n
Last year's finalist Iva Majoli saw off a spirited assault by
\n17-year-old French hope Anne-Gaelle Sidot 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
The forth-seeded Croatian now plays either Yayuk Basuki of
\nIndonesia or seventh-seeded Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the
\nNetherlands for a place in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
The 27th-ranked Yayuk reached the showdown with big-serving
\nSchultz-McCarthy when she defeated Barbara Schett of Austria 6-4,
\n7-5.<\/p>\n
Becker wins<\/p>\n
In Dubai, Boris Becker lifted his 1997 match record to a win
\nand a loss Wednesday as he fought to dismiss fellow German Marc
\nGoeller in the first round of the million dollar Dubai Open here
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
Becker fired over 25 aces to win 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 and then
\nlearned that his worst nightmare Carlos Moya -- who beat the
\nGerman in the first round of the Australian Open -- had been
\neliminated.<\/p>\n
The Spanish world No. 9 fell 2-6, 6-0, 7-5 to Czech Jiri Novak
\nin one hour 18 minutes.<\/p>\n
German Davis Cup teammates Bernd Karbacher and David Prinosil
\nboth lost.<\/p>\n
Bohdan Ulihrach of the Czech Republic ousted Karbacher 6-4, 6-
\n3 while Spanish sixth seed Alberto Costa accounted for Prinosil
\n6-2, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Australian wildcard entry Pat Cash went into the second round,
\nbeating Spaniard Carlos Costa 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6).<\/p>\n
Agassi struggles<\/p>\n
In San Jose, California, in his first match on the tour since
\nbeing booed out of the ATP Championships in November, Andre
\nAgassi had to struggle mightily Wednesday to get past Bahamian
\nDavis Cupper Mark Knowles 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the first round of the
\n$303,000 Sybase Open.<\/p>\n
"I expected to be more rusty than I was," the third-seeded
\nAgassi said. "I don't expect my game to come back quickly, it's
\njust nice to be playing again. At this stage, I'm just looking to
\nimprove match by match. I'm in it for the long haul."<\/p>\n
World number-one Pete Sampras advanced to the quarterfinals,
\nbeating up-and-coming American Justin Gimelstob 6-2 6-3 in a
\nsecond-round match.<\/p>\n
In Marseille, France, top two seeds Marcelo Rios and Thomas
\nEnqvist reached the second round of the Marseille Open tennis
\ntournament with straight-sets wins Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Chilean top seed Rios was made to work in the first set by
\nSpaniard Juan Albert Viloca before winning his first-round match
\n7-6 6-4.<\/p>\n
Enqvist, the second seed, was more impressive as he crushed
\nfellow Swede Patrik Fredriksson 6-1 6-2.<\/p>\n
Rios was to meet Belgian Johan van Herck in the second round
\nyesterday while Enqvist faced an interesting test against Slovak
\nDominik Hrbaty.<\/p>",
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